A Portrait of Betty Cooper
I've been recently re-reading through a lot of my old ARCHIE Comics and once again I was taken aback by how great artist Harry Lucey was! Harry was the primary ARCHIE artist during the sixties (and beyond), and he was the one who first lillustrated the gang when the Mod, Peace and Flower Power scenes hit! He was even the guy illustrating most of those early issues where Archie and his friends formed their musical act, The Archies!
Now, my favorite character in the Archie Comics series has always been Betty Cooper, and this is probably one of the main reasons why I love Harry Lucey so much- Besides drawing Archie and the Gang with perfect zest, Harry always drew the cutest, most adorable portrayals of Betty, and I just had to scan some of these terrific illustrations to share with y’all! These are just random passages from various strips, but I
think Lucey really captured the essence of everything Miss Elizabeth
Cooper is all about- sweet, unassuming and ready to do anything for
Archie at the drop of a Hat!
Although I can't be one hundred percent positive, I'm pretty sure Harry Lucey was one of the only artists (if not THE only one) who drew Betty with her hair in two separate ribbons on either side of her head, though he also drew her with the signature ponytail as well:
I’ve also scanned some complete Archie stories featuring Betty that I’ll have to upload on some future post!
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though of course, we've stopped buying them a long time ago since they have really become expensive over here.
Yes, Seems like the only way you can still read Archie Comics is if you can find those Archie Digests! And those tend to reprint only the newer stuff!
I know exactly what you mean! Most of my Archie Comics I had to re-buy again from comic stores when I was older, as the ones I read as a child didn't survive!
We simply read them to death!